Report from - Vintages Platinum Wine Tasting, Australia … September 30, 2009

There’s a mighty push by Wines Australian these days as the Aussies try to claw their way back to the top of the heap in the wine world.  This tasting was held in the back room of Brasaii restaurant on King Street West and although I rarely speak of the food at events likes this I have to tell you that the shrimp wrapped in kadifi pastry (a Greek pastry that’s thin, spindly and phyllo-like) was out of this world delicious.  Okay, now that I have that off my mind it’s back to the wine.

The wines featured today are the ones that will appear in Vintages (or exclusively on-line) between now and February 2010 – I’ll break ‘em down here by release month – wines rating 4.5 to 5 stars below, with mini-reviews of 4-star wines further down the page – aw heck, just read ‘em all.

October 2010 … (see the wines you should be buying)

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